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Phoenix celebrates ‘unity in diversity’
The Diocese of Phoenix will celebrate unity in diversity this weekend with its eighth annual multicultural mass Nov. 12. Read more
Pope reaffirms commitment to inter-religious cooperation, calls on all cultures, religions to respect rights and dignity of human person
As world religious leaders meet this week in Turkey for a conference seeking collaboration between the world’s three major monotheistic... Read more
Vatican: three more to be beatified Sunday
The Vatican has announced that on Sunday, November 13th, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the... Read more
Vatican responds to German press, says Pope had no knowledge of theologian’s confessional identity
Earlier today Vatican Press Director, Joaquin Navarro-Valls responded to certain German press reports, which suggest that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now... Read more
Holy Land Archeologists uncover what may be earliest church in world, Vatican hails as ‘great discovery’
Early reports from the Israel Antiquities Authority are suggesting that remains of a building uncovered on the Megiddo prison grounds,... Read more
Catholic students work to end scourge of human trafficking
Student’s at Ohio’s Franciscan University of Steubenville who had lobbied the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women last... Read more
In New Book George Weigel wishes to ‘recapture the remarkable spiritual intensity of April 2005’
George Weigel, Catholic columnist and famous biographer of John Paul II, shared with CNA, on the papal transition, and the... Read more
More than half a million expected to protest new law on education in Spain
The president of the Catholic Confederation of Parents in Spain, Luis Carbonel, announced this week more than half a million... Read more
Archbishop calls on believers to bear witness in the midst of a politically correct society
Archbishop Javier Martinez of Granada, Spain, called on Christians to “bear witness without timidity” to their communion with the Church... Read more
Clear, courageous, enthusiastic witness to Jesus is needed to combat secularization in Europe, Pope tells bishops
On Saturday, Pope Benedict met with a group of Austrian Bishops and, addressing the growing problem of secularization in Europe,... Read more
Church does not live off herself, but off the Gospel, says Pope
On Sunday, Pope Benedict joined thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly Angelus prayer, at which,... Read more
Eurosia Fabris, Beatified Sunday, hailed as friend to the poor, model of openness to religious life
On Sunday, in the cathedral of Vicenza, Italy, Third Order lay Franciscan, Eurosia Fabris, also known as “Mother Rosa”, was ... Read more
Catholic-Lutheran commission to produce new document: ‘we must continue in patient dialogue,’ says Pope
Pope Benedict announced this morning that a new document will soon be produced, marking the next step in an ongoing... Read more
French bishops express concern in front of urban violence and foster presence of religious communities in neighborhoods
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard, President of the French bishops conference, along with the French episcopate, published Saturday, a formal declaration regarding... Read more
Hope in the Gulf: Mississippi Bishop offers Mass in destroyed church
More than two months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita rocked the U.S. Gulf Coast, faithful at St. Michael’s Catholic Church... Read more
Bishop sees fewer schools, move to downtown
A major reorganization plan in the Diocese of Grand Rapids will diocesan headquarters downtown, merge or close some Catholic schools,... Read more
Deanery begins talks about future look of Catholic schools
In the ongoing national dialogue on the future of Catholic schools, local leaders in the Dayton Deanery also gathered last... Read more
Number of Russian Muslims converting to Christianity in the millions
According to the director of the Inter-religious Council in Russia, Roman Silantyev, in the last fifteen years two million Russian-born... Read more
Catholic Medical Association announces new president
A Portland urologist and surgeon has been named the new president of the 1,000-member Catholic Medical Association (CMA). Read more
